Ethanol → 5-Bromo-2-(3,4-difluorophenyl)pyridine

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A mixture of 6.2 g of 3,4-difluorophenylboric acid, 8.5 g of 2,5-dibromopyridine, 0.31 g of tetrakistriphenylphosphine palladium, 60 ml of ethanol, 120 ml of benzene and 120 ml of 2N sodium carbonate solution is heated to boiling (66° C.) for 7 hours while stirring. After cooling the mixture is extracted with diethyl ether. The organic phase is washed with 100 ml of saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and 100 ml of water, dried over sodium sulphite, filtered and concentrated. Purification of the residue by chromatography on silica gel with hexane/ethyl acetate 19:1 yields pure 5-bromo-2-(3,4-difluorophenyl)pyridine.

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